Yankuba Ceesay

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| name = Yankuba Ceesay

| image = Ceesay,_Yankuba.IMG_4536.JPG

| upright = 1.1

| caption = Ceesay with Nõmme Kalju

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|6|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Serekunda, the Gambia

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 2004–2006 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Wallidan FC

| years2 = 2007 | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 3 | clubs2 = Alianza Atlético

| years3 = 2008 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Walsall

| years4 = 2008 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = ŁKS Łódź

| years5 = 2008–2010 | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Degerfors IF

| years6 = 2011 | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Jiul Petroşani

| years7 = 2010–2011 | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 7 | clubs7 = Trönö IK

| years8 = 2012–2013 | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 8 | clubs8 = Nõmme Kalju

| years9 = 2014 | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = AC Kajaani

| years10 = 2015–2016 | caps10 = 36 | goals10 = 7 | clubs10 = Kokkolan Palloveikot

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2013

| nationalteam1 = Gambia

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Yankuba Ceesay (born 26 June 1984), also known as Maal, is a Gambian football coach and former player

A midfielder, he made seven appearances for the Gambia national team.

Club career

When Ceesay joined Alianza Atlético of Peru, he became the first Gambian to play professional football in Latin America.[http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/the-first-gambian-man-to-play-professional-soccer-in-latin-america/ The first Gambian man to play professional soccer in Latin America] He also had a brief trial with Walsall F.C. in January 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.walsall.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=95856 |title=Yankuba comes to Walsall |access-date=16 June 2008 |archive-date=30 June 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630183508/http://www.walsall.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=95856 |url-status=dead }} In 2008, he joined the Swedish club Degerfors IF, and for the first time he represented the Gambia national team in a match against Senegal.{{FIFA player|297194|Yankuba Ceesay}}

On 7 March 2012, it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Estonian Meistriliiga side Nõmme Kalju.{{cite web|title=Kaljuga liitusid jaapanlane, gambialane ja poolakas|url=http://www.jkkalju.ee/nomme-kaljuga-liitusid-jaapanlane-gambialane-ja-poolakas/|publisher=jkkalju.ee|access-date=8 March 2012|language=et|date=7 March 2012|archive-date=9 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309220723/http://www.jkkalju.ee/nomme-kaljuga-liitusid-jaapanlane-gambialane-ja-poolakas/|url-status=dead}} He made the league debut for the club on 10 March 2012, in a goalless draw against city rivals FC Levadia Tallinn.{{cite web|title=Kalju ja Levadia väravateni ei jõudnud|url=http://soccernet.ee/kalju-ja-levadia-varavateni-ei-joudnud|publisher=soccernet.ee|access-date=10 March 2012|language=et|date=10 March 2012}} He had trials with Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient in January 2013.{{cite web|title=Kalju poolkaitsja Inglismaal testimisel|url=http://www.soccernet.ee/kalju-poolkaitsja-inglismaal-testimisel|publisher=Soccernet.ee|access-date=17 February 2013|language=et|date=18 January 2013}} On 23 July 2013, he scored Kalju's first ever goal in UEFA Champions League, an opening goal in a 2–1 win against Finnish side HJK.{{cite web|title=Kalju alistas kodupubliku toel Meistrite Liigas soomlaste HJK!|url=http://www.jkkalju.ee/kalju-alistas-kodupubliku-toel-meistrite-liigas-soomlaste-hjk/|publisher=jkkalju.ee|access-date=28 November 2013|language=et|date=23 July 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050305/http://www.jkkalju.ee/kalju-alistas-kodupubliku-toel-meistrite-liigas-soomlaste-hjk/|url-status=dead}} He left the club after the 2013 season, when his two-year contract ended.{{cite web|title=Kalju esimese Meistrite Liiga värava autor lahkub|url=http://www.jkkalju.ee/kalju-esimese-meistrite-liiga-varava-autor-lahkub/|publisher=jkkalju.ee|access-date=28 November 2013|language=et|format=28 November 2013}}